It appears that Battle Creek has lost the ratings war. The low-rated Sunday night police series has been cancelled by CBS.
Battle Creek revolves around two mismatched law enforcement officers — Detective Russ Agnew (Dean Winters) and FBI Special Agent Milton Chamberlain (Josh Duhamel) — who have polar opposite views of the world and end up being partners. The rest of the cast includes Janet McTeer, Kal Penn, Aubrey Dollar, and Edward Fordham Jr.
The show debuted on March 1st to a disappointing 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 7.92 million viewers. The numbers got even worse in later weeks and has fallen to lows of a 0.7 demo rating and fewer than six million viewers.
Those numbers aren’t good enough for CBS to order a second season so they’ve now cancelled it.
There are four unaired episodes remaining and the last installment is currently scheduled to air on May 24th.
What do you think? Do you like the Battle Creek TV show? Do you think that it should have been cancelled or renewed for season two?
I think it should have been renewed!
We like Battle Creek. We find it quirky and creative. Darn…hate it when a new and interesting show is cancelled so quickly.
It grew on me and my husband liked it. It got better as the episodes progressed.
Sorry it didn’t make it.
Who makes these decisions.! I loved this show. Soon I will not need a TV
My husband and I love this show and are incredibly disappointed that CBS plans to cancel it after only the first season. It deserves another chance, perhaps placed at a better time slot where a broader audience might catch it. We are regular Masterpiece Theatre viewers but caught the show one Sunday during a Pledge Drive. We liked it so much we DVRed it and have been looking forward to it every week. Please reconsider the cancellation !!!!!
This was a great show, with a group of quirky, interesting characters, humor, human interest, and good stories. It’s hard to believe that given a good time slot this wouldn’t have done well. I will really miss it.
Loved this show too. It was annoying that it was delayed because of sports a few weeks on the east coast. So DVR wasn’t catching it. I thought it was well casted. Oh well, probably some lame reality show will replace it.
Loved the show. The chemistry between the cast members was just perfect. I disso disappointed. to hear it was canceled. It was the best new show this season. Any another network smart enough to pick it up?
Why would you cancel a good show that has drama and comedy while keeping stupid reality shows, that I refuse to watch. Perhaps I should refuse to watch CBS.
I truly enjoy this show, Felt it was new and refreshing. The interplay of the cast was very interesting and compelling. I would love to see it continue.
Dumb move, great show
Great show…….looked forward to every Sunday night. Horrible decision to cancel.
Loved the show.
how could you! The characters are great….very likable …They seem like real people doing their jobs…very easy to relate to. We are unhappy about the possibility that the show will be dropped. Please, please rethink this decision! Thank you.
Battle Creek was a great show and should come back for another season on different night